Francis endicott



(No Model.)

F. ENDIGOTT.

FLY BOOK.

Patented May 23, 1882..

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NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

FRANCIS ENDIOOTT, OF CLIFTON, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES F. IMBRIE, OF NEWYORK, N. Y.

FLY-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,393, dated May 23,1882.

Application filed July 6, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS Eunioo'rr, of Clifton, in the county ofRichmond and State of New York, have invented certain usefulImprovements in Fly-Books, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to books or holders used for carryin gfishing-flies and smelled hooks,

and has the object to prevent the flies from becoming tangled, and toallow for their convenient insertion and removal.

Figure l is a face view of an open fly-book of the improvedconstruction. Fig. 2 is a section on line 00 wof Fig. 1, showing themanner in which the retainers are secured to the leaves; and Fig. 3 is asection on line y y of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The book, consisting of cover A and leaves B, is of usual construction,except as hereinafter specified. At the top or bottom of each leaf 13metal clips a are attached, which clips are similar to those heretoforeused, and at the opposite end of the leaf are the spring-retainers I).These consist preferably of spiral springs attached at one end by athread sewed into the material of the leaf, and formed at the other endwith an eye or hook, 0, for attachment of the snell. A thread, d,preferably of silk -worm gut, passes through each spring I), and throughthe leaf to and through the spring on the opposite side. These serve tohold the springs in place when the flies are detached, and at the sametime allow the springs to stretch. At the edges of the leaves 5 B are-enforcing strip, 6, of metal or other suitable material, is securedbetween the two sheets of material of which the leaf is formed. Thisstrip serves to strengthen the leaves at the places most liable to wear,and also prevents 4o them from buckling by thetension of thespringretainers.

In use the hooks are caught beneath the clips a, as shown, and thesnells shown atf caught upon the retainers b. The springs are 45 thusstretched and retain the snells taut, so that they are held securely,and may be readily removed as wanted.

With these devices a large number of flies or snelled hooks can becarried in the book 50 with great convenience.

If desired, the clips and retaining-springs may be alternated on eachend of the leaf,

and intermediate retainers applied for shorter

